Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis: Clinical analysis of 78 cases from Fortaleza (Northeastern Brazil)

Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria

Volumn 57, Issue 3 B, 1999, Pages 761-774

  De Castro Costa, Carlos M ^a   Oriá, Reinaldo B ^b   Machado Filho, João A ^b   Franco, Maria T G ^b   Diniz, Débora L O ^b   Giffoni, Sílvio D ^b   Santos, Terezinha J T ^b   Da Cunha, Francisco M B ^b   De Bruin, Veralice S ^b   Teixeira, Carlos A C ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF CEARÁ   (Brazil)

^b NONE

Author keywords

ALS; Anatomy; Early onset; Fasciculations; Pain; Sporadic; Symptom accrual

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; BRAZIL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0033187473     PISSN: 0004282X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s0004-282x1999000500006     Document Type: Article

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